The Sitka Assembly is not quite ready to sell the former Sitka Community Hospital building -- not yet, anyway. During a review on Tuesday night (4-13-21) of some draft language to solicit proposals, some assembly members hesitated because no starting price was listed, and others still weren’t convinced that leasing the building wasn’t the better option.
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Around 200 people attended a gathering in Sitka’s Totem Square to honor the herring on Saturday (4-10-21).
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The Sitka Sound Sac Roe Herring Fishery officially closed for the season at 6 p.m. on Friday (4-9-21).
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Sitka’s going to add a new color to the bottom of its color-coded COVID risk alert scheme, but it’s going to take a lot of cooperation from the public before it’s ever put into use.
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The Sitka Sound Sac Roe Herring Fishery is winding down, and state biologists expect to close the fishery soon.
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KCAW recently spoke with one subsistence advocate who’s determined to see this tradition continue -- by working to protect herring stocks, and by teaching kids how to harvest eggs.
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The Sitka Sound Sac Roe Herring fishery remained open for the 11th day in a row Tuesday (4-6-21)
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The Sitka Sound Sac Roe Herring Fishery opened in late March, after a two-year hiatus. Less than half the fleet is fishing this spring, but the seiners who have stuck around have been hauling in catches every day over the last week and a half. KCAW spoke with two commercial fishermen shortly before the fishery opened about the importance of herring to their businesses and lives.
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The Sitka Sound Sac Roe Herring fishery opened for the eighth day in a row on Sunday (4-4-21).
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After a mix-up between the assembly and the school board led to an unanticipated funding shortage for the school district, the Sitka Assembly is ponying up more money for Sitka’s schools.
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